The Use of Geographical Information Systems in Disaster Research
The Use of Geographical Information Systems in Disaster Research
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地理信息系统在灾害研究中的应用
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1997
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N. Dash
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N. Dash
在过去的十年里，地理信息系统（GIS）已经慢慢地进入了地理学、城市规划和应急管理等领域的日常方法论讨论。然而，地理信息系统尚未纳入灾害社会科学研究。本文以GIS在应急管理中的应用为例，探讨了GIS在灾害研究中的应用方向。虽然计算机和软件以及数据对于建立有效的系统至关重要，但更重要的是研究人员能够为技术提供基于理论的用途，从而对灾害现象提供新的理解。只有通过包括研究人员（想法产生者）和技术人员（想法“实施者”）的研究小组，GIS才能有效地用于灾害研究。
In the last ten years, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have slowly crept their way into the everyday methodological discourse in areas such as geography, urban planning, and emergency management. However, GIS has yet to be integrated into social science research on disaster. This paper uses examples of GIS use in emergency management to help inform the future direction of GIS use in disaster research. While computers and software and, for that matter, data are vital to the development of an effective system, more important are researchers who can generate theory-based uses for the technology that offer new understandings of disaster phenomena. Only through research teams that include both researchers (idea generators) and technicians (idea "implementers") can GIS be effectively used in disaster research.